All articles tagged as 'Earn Your Turns'


High Fives
May 1st, 2011 | By:  Greg | Comment


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Here on the east coast, sometimes spring skiing consists of a mellow cruise down a long-closed ski trail, a mile long, and covered with wall to wall peel away corn. In these cases, the only natural reaction is a "high five," as Christian demonstrates here. Then other times on the east ... ...Read more


TR: Loving Life on Larrabee
January 30th, 2011 | By:  Sam


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This somewhat belated TR recounts a two day trip to Larrabee that Allen and I went on. Last thursday, a lucky break in the rainy weather we've been having around here allowed us to ski an aesthetic line down the south face.


Friendly Faceshots
January 13th, 2011 | By:  Greg | 3 Comments


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With yesterday's storm pulling out of New England, we headed to Pico Mountain (get lift tickets here), my home hill, for a quick pre-work dawn patrol. As you may recall from their 1980s slogan, Pico is the Friendly Mountain. Nevertheless, at 645 am, just shy of 4,000', with the wind ... ...Read more


TR: Give Us 6 Inches, and We’ll Schuss a Meter
January 11th, 2011 | By:  Greg


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Last week we put in our time studying the mountains of New Hampshire in order to schuss high alpine powder safely. Indeed, after hours of number crunching, a day of reconnaissance, and an evening of libations, in the end we arrived at New Hampshire’s magic mathematical secret: 1 inch=1 foot. ... ...Read more


UFO Sighting
January 11th, 2011 | By:  Porter Haney | 2 Comments


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Dwyer's been absent from almost all of the FIS posts this winter.  And for good reason, his schussing skills have progressed to the point where he skis so quickly that he is nearly impossible to catch on film.  OR. And this is the more likely scenario, he gets so remarkably ... ...Read more

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